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unusual facts about Japanese music



In scale

The in scale (also known as the Sakura pentatonic scale due to its use in the well-known folk song Sakura Sakura) is, according to a traditional theory, one of two pentatonic scales used in much Japanese music, excluding gagaku and Buddhist chanting.

Pehr Henrik Nordgren

At the Tokyo University of the Arts, he supplemented his composition studies from 1970 to 1973 with Yoshio Hasegawa and became acquainted with traditional Japanese music, which soon became an influence in his works.

Photek

Photek is also influenced by traditional Japanese music and culture, with song titles as "Ni-Ten-Ichi-Ryu (2 Swords Technique)" (named after the Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu technique) and "The Seven Samurai" (named after the movie of the same name).


see also

Bring Your Board!!

is the second full album by the Japanese music group Ellegarden.

Cherry Filter

After the release of her second Japanese album BEWITCH (Teichiku Records), her activities in the Japanese music scene ceased, nevertheless Youjeen is still active in South Korea as part of Cherry Filter.

Dave Rodgers

Considered by many to be the "Godfather of Eurobeat", he has written and produced songs for J-pop artists such as Namie Amuro, V6 and MAX, which proved to help introduce some of the Japanese music fans to the electronic music genre known as Eurobeat.

I Am the Best

The song has been nominated for multiple awards and has won at the Korean Music Awards and The Japanese Music Video Awards, amongst others.

Juliette Alvin

Alvin visited Japan in 1967 and 1969, sharing theory and practice with Japanese music therapy pioneers.

Music for Civic Recovery Centre

In that same year, 2000, Eno issued a limited-edition 2-CD album with Reiko Okano, Baku Yumemakura & Peter Schwalm called Music for Onmyoji, the first CD of which consists of Japanese music played on traditional instruments.

Nik Weston

Based out of London, UK, he was from the late 1990's to 2007 a key player in the promotion and distribution of Japanese recording artists and their releases outside of the country, as part of the late 1990s into 2000s revival in the jazz dance, soul-jazz and electronic Japanese music scene.

Pepperoni Quattro

Pepperoni Quattro is the third full length album released by the Japanese music group Ellegarden.

Riot on the Grill

Riot on the Grill is the fourth full length album by the Japanese music group Ellegarden.

St James Lutheran College

Junior School students also engage in a number of specialist subjects each week, including: Languages Other Than English (LOTE); Japanese; Music and Dance / Drama (MADD) and Library (Information, research and literature appreciation).

Vheissu

The album is characterized by many critics as being a rather experimental deviation from Thrice's post-hardcore roots, with the implementation of elements such as piano melodies ("For Miles"), electronica ("Red Sky"), folk Japanese music-box undertones ("Music Box" - The melody comes from the song Sakura Sakura) and chain gang chant choruses ("The Earth Will Shake").